Y ____ no got xlr

[DJWilliams]

damn, and I ran out of the shower thinking someone called me

[MattM]

DN-MC6000 does.

[Abyrne7]

I don't really see the big fuss. Quarter to XLR cables and your covered. Quarter to RCA cables and your also covered.

My guess would be that alot of club DJ's would plug their main outs to the club mixer (RCA's) and Quarter to RCA's are more common than Quarter to XLR.

[StephanV]

Bump. I'm looking to buy RCA - XLR cables to hook up my Audio 6 to a potential future club mixer that only has XLR inputs.
I'm not sure whether I should buy 2 RCA -> 1 XLR, or 2 RCA -> 2 XLR. Which is most commonly used, or is it recommended to have both available? I'm also guessing the XLR jacks would have to be male?

[SirReal]

It'd be 2 rca to 2 xlr BUT unless you use a "matchbox" or something similar the XLR will not be balanced. Not a huge deal if the run from your setup to the club mixer is not very far or not run over power cables. It does mean the signal at the clubs inputs will be a bit quieter than if it was balanced +4dbu but I'm assuming you're plugging into a channel strip on the ouse mixer which will have another level of gain staging to make up for it.

[Conall]

Its very unlikely people will be using an XLR out in a club situation

[StephanV]

It'd be 2 rca to 2 xlr BUT unless you use a "matchbox" or something similar the XLR will not be balanced. Not a huge deal if the run from your setup to the club mixer is not very far or not run over power cables. It does mean the signal at the clubs inputs will be a bit quieter than if it was balanced +4dbu but I'm assuming you're plugging into a channel strip on the ouse mixer which will have another level of gain staging to make up for it.

Thanks for that! And would the XLR plugs have to be male or female?

Its very unlikely people will be using an XLR out in a club situation

I've heard there's a slim but real chance of a bar having an XLR-only mixer. As I'm mainly doing low-profile gigs, I guess I better not take my chances..

[jamthrax]

Its very unlikely people will be using an XLR out in a club situation

this..

if you are using a controller in a club.. you will never plug in with XLR. Even if you are play at a mates gig in a pub, the mixer will have a tape in or jack inputs

[SirReal]

this..

if you are using a controller in a club.. you will never plug in with XLR. Even if you are play at a mates gig in a pub, the mixer will have a tape in or jack inputs

They would be male XLR's but thye're right. It's you're plugging into a standard club mixer then RCA's will be fine. If you're plugging into a Mixer for a place that does Live sound then chances are XLR is the way to go. I'd definitely bring both choices unless you go check out the connections first on your own.

[guiltyblade]

Its very very rare you are plugging directly into a sound system like that. As most peopple have said you normally just plug into the mixer. The only time it would be different was if there was no space and you took out the mixer, and even then most of TRS. Just invest in two TRS to XLR cables.